وصلَتْنيreached me تُحْفةٌa precious gift
وصلَتْني تُحْفةٌ
تُجْتَلىis beheld فوقَupon الطّبَقْthe platter
تُجْتَلى فوقَ الطّبَقْ
A precious gift has reached me,
displayed upon a platter:
منfrom among بَناتِthe daughters of الزِّنْجِthe Zanj قدْalready
من بَناتِ الزِّنْجِ قدْ
نظّمَتarranged علَىin نسَقْan orderly sequence
نظّمَت علَى نسَقْ
daughters of the Zanj,
arranged in an orderly array.
أجْلِسَتْwere seated فيهِon it علىupon
أجْلِسَتْ فيهِ على
فُرُشٍbeds منَof الورَقْleaves
فُرُشٍ منَ الورَقْ
They were seated upon it, on
beds of leaves.
ظُلِّلتْwere shaded وُجوهُهاtheir faces
ظُلِّلتْ وُجوهُها
برَياحينِwith fragrant sprigs of الحبَقْbasil
برَياحينِ الحبَقْ
Their faces were shaded
with fragrant sprigs of basil.
ألْبِسَتْwere clothed أجْسامُهاtheir bodies
ألْبِسَتْ أجْسامُها
حُلَلاًrobes منof الغسَقْdusk
حُلَلاً من الغسَقْ
Their bodies were clothed
in robes of dusk,
بِرُقومٍwith markings قدindeed بدَتْappeared
بِرُقومٍ قد بدَتْ
فيin دُجاهاtheir darkness كالشّفَقْlike twilight's glow
في دُجاها كالشّفَقْ
with markings that appeared
in their darkness like twilight's glow.
ذاتَhaving لوْنينtwo colors كَماjust as
ذاتَ لوْنين كَما
يُجْتَلىis beheld حُسْنُthe beauty of الحدَقْthe eyes
يُجْتَلى حُسْنُ الحدَقْ
Two-hued, like
the beauty one beholds in eyes,
بمحاسِنٍwith charms أتتْcame
بمحاسِنٍ أتتْ
فِرَقاًin groups بعْدَafter فرَقْgroups
فِرَقاً بعْدَ فرَقْ
with charms that came
in group after group.
كلّماwhenever قدindeed رُمِقَتْthey were gazed upon
كلّما قد رُمِقَتْ
حسْنُهاtheir beauty أحْياrevived الرَّمَقْthe last breath of life
حسْنُها أحْيا الرَّمَقْ
Whenever they were gazed upon,
their beauty revived life's last breath.
منfrom صديقٍa friend منwhoever يَقَلْsays
من صديقٍ من يَقَلْ
فيهِof him ذوpossessor of الفضْلِvirtue صدَقْspeaks truly
فيهِ ذو الفضْلِ صدَقْ
From a friend—whoever says
of him, 'A man of virtue,' speaks truly.
عاجِزٌincapable عنof شُكْرِهthanking him
عاجِزٌ عن شُكْرِه
كُلُّevery ذيpossessor of لفْظٍspeech نطَقْhas spoken
كُلُّ ذي لفْظٍ نطَقْ
Powerless to thank him
is everyone who has uttered a word,
لندىًfor generosity أوor لعُلىًfor eminence
لندىً أو لعُلىً
أوor لجَمْعِfor uniting ماwhat افْترَقْwas scattered
أو لجَمْعِ ما افْترَقْ
for generosity or eminence,
or for uniting what was scattered.
عَوِّذواinvoke protection for مُهْديَهاtheir giver
عَوِّذوا مُهْديَها
بالتيwith the one that تتْلوfollows الفلَقْal-Falaq (Daybreak)
بالتي تتْلو الفلَقْ
Invoke protection for their giver
with the surah that follows al-Falaq.
Sol 6.1